Ten Obligatory Acts - followed by Shias

• Salah


  prayer, the 5 daily prayers are compulsory
• Shahadah


  declaration of faith
• Zakah


  charitable giving - encourages generosity
• Sawm


  fasting, compulsory during Ramadan - teaches discipline
• Hajj


  pilgrimage to Makkah, compulsory to do once if possible
• jihad


  struggle to keep belief in Allah
• khums


  20% annual tax, split between charity and to the descendants of the Prophet (PBUH) that are in need
• Amr-Bil Maruf


  encouraging people to do good
• Nahi Anil Munkar


  forbidding evil by discouraging people from doing wrong
• Tawallah


  showing love
• Tamara


  disassociation (not associating partners with Allah)